Improvement in fare-boxes



M'. M. MOORE.- F'are BOX.

No. 201,437. A Patented March 19, m78.L

WITN SS S Y lNvENTOR ATTOR EYs N.PETERs, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON.D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIOE.

MOSES M. MOORE, OF CLEVELAND, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HIS RIGHT TO WINSLOWLAMARTINE FAY, OF ELYRIA, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN FARE-BOXES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 201,437, dated March19, 1878 application filed September-29, 1877.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, MOsEs M. MOORE, of Cleveland, in the county ofCuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Apparatus for the Safe Collection of Money; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit pertains to make and use it,'reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to apparatus for the safe collection and retentionof money collected by the drivers or conductors of oars, stages, and thelike.

In the drawings, Figure l is a view, in longitudinal section, of mydevice; Fig. 2, an isometric view of the same.

My invention consists in a portable farebox, having` the followingspecified parts and combinations:

Ais a box or containing-chamber, of any suitable material, and of suchshape and dimensions as to be readily held in, and manipulated by, thehand of the person carrying it. Upon the outside of the box A may beattached the rings A', or any equivalent device, whereby said box may beslung or suspended from a belt or strap. To some convenient part of the`boxA is iirmly fixed the chamber B, which chamber, if desired, may bemade more or less transparent by the employment of glass in itsconstruction. The chamber B has for its oor a trap, closed by a suitablespring, B. This trap C is inclined in a downward direction toward itsfree or swinging end, and is manipulated by the handle or lever C', orits equivalent. The spring B' operates .to keep the trap C in its closedposition, so that money will be retained in the chamberB for inspection;but upon operating the lever C' this trap will open, and permit themoney the introduction of money into said chamber.

The walls b b of this chamber are formed on such an angle tothe slit B2(the casing of which slit is made to project down a considerabledistance into the chamber B) that money' once placed within said chambercannot readily be abstracted through the opening B2. D is any suitabledoor opening into the cavity of the box A. Upon this door is to beplaced any locking or sealing device, whereby said door cannot be openedor disturbed without probable detection.

The money, after escaping from the chamber B, is made to travel througha more or less narrow and tortuous passage, E, before reaching thecavity of the box A. By this provision the money contained within 'thechamber A is retained with very good security.

The semi-elliptical spring B' is secured at its base to the incline c,while its opposite end portion has free sliding bearing against theunder side ofthe trap C. This incline c performs a function in additionto its support of the spring, in that it forms one of the Walls of thepassage E, while the other passage-wall is formed by the curved piece c.

What claim is- The combination, with chamber B, single inclined trap C,and semi-elliptical spring B', of the passage E, said passage beingformed by the curved wall c and the incline c, the latter also servingto support the spring B', substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

, MOSES M. MOORE.

Witnesses:

F. TOUMEY, WILLIAM E. DONNELLY.

